OK. I took this before reading the "how'd they do that" on the "Swish" photo, but my technique was similar. I don't have second synch flash and wanted to freeze the egg above the nail rather than at the beginning of the fall... To do that, I blew out the egg and glued a piece of black thread in one end. I then tried holding the egg for the flash and pulling it up. The problem was that the string was showing in the shot (due to the flash). To solve this, I flipped everything.
I nail was hanging from a string (and wouldn't hang straight). I held the egg just under the nail for the flash and then let it fall. In post processing I flipped the photo so that it would be falling the right way. I also had to adjust the black level some so that the string didn't show at all.
1)Does the photo fit the Theme? (9)
2)Color(7)
3)Composition(8)
4)Focus(8)
5)Bacground(8)
6)Lighting(7)
7)Title(6)
Overall Score: 7.57 rounded to 8
Commentary:
This shot is done very well. I think the nail could have been straight. The idea is just perfect. The black background causes for the perfect amount of contrast here. Wish I would have used a black background myself. Wonderful shot
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